Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-10

complete answer must be found in future
action which may be taken by party con-
ventions. Meanwhile the views of Hon
George Clark. under circumstances with
watch the reading public is familiar, count
Tor As much as those OF any other man
in Texas. The captain Of the vic orious
antis speaks IN harmony with the recent
utterances OF Congressman Mills. With
tyislble sincerity, fullness of devotion to
fDemocratic principle, solicitude for sue
cess with honor and not by any base trim
! ming, he declares what he deems ab.o-
lutely necessary in the way of integrity
lsscd good faith to the purity and useful
ness OF the Democratic party. His review
of the action of the last state Democratic
convention and of subsequent prohibi-
ton procedure is pitiless in its logic
and Intended to De direct in it's applCa-
ton. George Clark is no trimmer. His
rugged honesty and bolduess where his
convictions are clear and pronounced and
that is TO say in the whole range OF Dem
ocratic politics, should inspire and elicit
an unequivOCal attitude in other men
toward principles in which their faith
and confidence are grounded. 1t is by
principles and not by men apart from
! principles that great parties live and
serve great ends. Democracy in Texas
means anG must always mean truth
and liberty. Truth requires good
| faith. The masses Will repudiate all
stealthy and tinessing maneuvers TO esp.
( ture unawares the influence Of the Demo-
cratic psrty, as they will severely rebuke
any politicians who have treacherousy
! sought to knife the nominees of q party
after assisting in their nomination. A
| field for careful study by Democrats is
! open between now and the next political
conventions as to what should be the
! shape of the Democratic platform and
| policy on the questions adverted to. Let
all men declare their honest convictions
and act upon them. Then all will
come out as right as is possible to fsllible
! human intelligence. The questions pivot
| ing on local and general prohibition, and
which may be brought to 8 future issue,
are varied even IN practical sense, for
neither is the constitution a blank upon
! the subject, nor in case Of further conten-
ton could it safely be presumed that the
demands would be all from one extreme.
! The Legislature has been prohibited from
doing certain things. 1t has not been pro-
! hibited from prohibiting the liquor
tTatfic. Radical prohibition NAV tend to
evoke an equally radical Democratic OPP
position. Tue prohibition Democrats on
reflection may feel that they have not
certainly everything to gain by seeking to
charge g constitution which now permits
locsl prohibition and does not forbid
state prohibition by legislative act. Thus
the suggestion arises that there is room
| for consideration on both sides, and were a
convention of any political party to de
clare that prohibition shall not be made
part Of the organic law there would still
be margin as to what 1t might or might
not find advisable to declare regarding or
binary legislation, or even regarding the
authority which should be constitution
silly delegated to the Legislature or with
drawn from it. Those who adhere to a
party will have voice in shaping its de
cisions. 1t is the present purpose Of the
News merely to indicate the existence OF
some usually uuconsidered variations in
the problem. Sufficient light and heat
would in time bring them all into full
view. Intelligence must supply the light
where intensity of feeling not unfre-
quently supplies perilous amount OF
caloric.